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ESG JUL 23, 2014
Sallie Krawcheck and Pax team on women-friendly corporate index fund

The ex-wirehouse executive is throwing her weight and her money behind a revived mutual fund that invests in publicly traded companies that have greater numbers of women in management positions, saying values and returns can align when advisers invest in gender diversity.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 23, 2014
Time to nominate advisers for exemplary community service

Make your recommendations for the Community Leadership Awards, set to include two new categories this year, by April 23.

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Investing lessons from Lebron James

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What bond investors can learn from Lebron James. Plus: Gold: It all depends on the Fed; commodities as a geopolitical hedge; investing in women; and golf stocks come up short.

FINTECH JUL 22, 2014
Morningstar to pay $61 million in trade-secrets settlement

The investment research firm will pay Business Logic for the software company's intellectual property.

RIAS JUL 22, 2014
You are about to lose a client when …

If advisers can recognize the signs that clients are unhappy and ready to bolt, they can take steps to try and salvage the relatonship

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 22, 2014
Billions on the move

More billion-dollar-plus teams have been pulling up stakes and changing firms in the last few years.

FINTECH JUL 22, 2014
Advisers' next evolution: Pairing with online platforms

Advisory firm execs considering how to partner with robo-advisers or build a digital advice model into their own offerings.

RIAS JUL 22, 2014
HighTower Network adds $300 million Merrill team

Two Merrill Lynch advisers with a combined $300 million in assets under management go independent as a HighTower franchise

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2014
Want loyalty? Help clients with caregiving

Taking these extra steps with clients who are caring for loved ones will strengthen those relationships

BROKER DEALERS JUL 22, 2014
Be prepared to justify your fees

It's important for advisers to not show surprise or resentment when fee questions are raised by clients.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2014
Florida law allows planners to give insurance advice without insurance company

Helps fee-only planners meet CFP Board definition prohibiting such affiliation with firms that charge commissions

BROKER DEALERS JUL 21, 2014
Securities America buying Dalton Strategic Investment Services

Trend of small and midsize broker-dealer mergers and acquisitions continues to build.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
Rich payday for Schorsch and his partners

Between <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140529/FREE/140529913&quot;>RCAP's stock offering</a> and real estate firm's executive comp plan, Nicholas Schorsch and his team could enjoy a multimillion-dollar payday.

FINTECH JUL 20, 2014
Two groups battle it out to create uniform national rule for fiduciaries to access digital assets

The Uniform Law Commission and NetChoice are working separately to try to make it easier to close up accounts and transfer funds after the owner dies.

What constitutes a niche practice?
OPINION JUL 20, 2014
What constitutes a niche practice?

Five questions to determine if you have an effective strategy to serve your target market

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 20, 2014
Bernie Madoff's surviving son Andrew dies at 48

Though he worked for his father's firm, he insisted he had nothing to do with the massive Ponzi scheme.

FINTECH JUL 20, 2014
Delaware becomes first state to enact digital assets law

New law will grant fiduciaries access to the digital assets of deceased or incapacitated individuals.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 20, 2014
The way you think about contingency planning is about to change

FINTECH JUL 18, 2014
How technology can transform an RIA

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 18, 2014
Adviser misused $8 million in client funds: SEC

Settlement requires him to pay more than $500,000